Portable reading desk



April 6, 1926. v I 1,579,678 R. R. WADE PORTABLE READING DESK Filed Jan.5. 1923 INVEN TOR.

I ATTORNEY.

- Patented Apr. 6,1926.

. publication is necessary.

RUSSELL It; WADE, or.-

VENICE, CALIFORNIA."

' rdMAmai A e DE K-1 T a ea e iu d was 3 To all whom it may 'concc mq'Be it known that I, RUssELnRi-Wrinn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Venice, in the county of LosAngeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Portable Reading Desks, of which the following .is aspecification.

My invention relates to portable reading desks adapted to serve. as avalise for the carryingof literature and other articles and also as astand or rack upon which a plurality of books or pamphlets may besupported in an open condition, in order that a person in the pursuanceof study or other investigation, may conveniently and readily refer fromone book to another; and is particula-rly adapted for the use ofChristian Science students where frequent reference from the quarterlypamphlet of Bible lessons, containing sermons and citations, to the HolyBible and the Science and Health It is the primary object of myinvention to provide a simple, convenient and durable portable desk orstand for the above described purpose', having book rests thereonarranged so that the three publications may be disposed in a manner mostconvenient to the student.

Another object of my invention is to provide a desk which may be used asa receptacle for the convenient carrying of. the various publicationsdesired, said desk being provided with a suitable carrying handle whichmaybe so adjusted as to form a convenient support for one of thepublications, and also may be adjusted out of sight when the desk islaid aside and not in use.

The above and other objects of my invention will be more fully set forthin the following specification, reference bein had to the accompanyingdrawings, is whic Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a desk embodying myinvention, showing the desk handle in adjusted position to serve as asupport for one of the publications. I

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the same. I

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the top portionof the deskshowing the handle as it would appear when the desk is being transportedfrom one place to another.

Fi 4 is a similar view to that of Fig. 3 showing the handle out ofutility.

5isa' fragmentalsection taken onitlie ]ine 5 5 of' Fig, 3.

I 'f r i vmy the end walls 10, the top 11, the bottom 12,

I invention, thej'clesk comprises an enclosed receptacle formed offront, wall comprising the stationary member 15 andv the door 16 hingedthereto at its top edge'by means of the hinges 17. The

, top His narrower than the botom 12 thus disposing the. front wall 14at an 'angle' which inclines rearwardly and upwardly, in

order that the publications may besupport- I 7 ed. thereon at aconvenient reading an le The lower edgeof the door 16 is provi ed withan outwardly projecting ledge 18 upon which thelower edges of the booksrest and in order that they may be placed properly and prevented fromshifting sideways, the notches 19are provided in the upper surface "ofthe ledge for the reception of the book back.

The combined foldable book rest and carrying handle 20, comprises a pairof oppositely disposed side bars 21, between the outwardlyprojectingends of which the cross bar handle 22 is secured. The freeends-0f the side bars 21'project through slots 22',

formed in the top 11, and are provided with hinge rod 24wvl1ich issecured to the under surfaceof the top 11 by means of screwsor nails, asclearly shown in Fig. 5 of'the drawings. Y y I By the above describedconstruction it will be obvious that when it is desired to utilize themember 20 as a book rest, (as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings),the side bars 21 are moved downwardly until the upper endedges oftheslots 23 engage with the hinge rod 24, and are. inclined rearwardlyuntil the front edges of said side bars'engage with the front edges 25of the slots 22.

Thus the member'20 will be held in position to act as a book rest; andin order-that elongated slots 23 for the reception of a 3.

Fig. 3 of the drawings, and when not in.

use it is folded downwardly with the side bars 21 disposed in the-slots22 as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

By the above recited construction of reading desk, it will be apparentthat a person pursuing the study of the Christian Science religion mayplace the quarterly pamphlet in position on the rest 20, as shown indotted lines at 27, the Bible in the position shown in dotted lines at28, and the Science and Health pamphlet in the position shown at 29, andthus refer from one to the other of these publications in a veryconvenient manner.

What I claim is:

A portable reading desk comprising a receptacle having one of its sidesarranged on an incline and having formed on its top I a pair oftransversely disposed slots, a combined book rest and handle providedwith side bars projecting in the slots'of the desk top and having slotsformed in their inwardly projecting ends, and a hinge rod passingthrough the slots in the side bars of the combined book rest and handlesecured to said desk.

RUSSELL R. WADE.

